Blizzard has announced the release of another BlizzCast, Blizzard's Official Podcast! No new information but a nice look into the behind the scene stuff at Blizzard.
Unfortunately no new information about StarCraft II has been revealed with the release of BlizzCast Episode 2. The first half is an interview with Chris Metzen, Vice President of Creative Development (aka the guy who writes the stories for StarCraft, WarCraft and Diablo), the second half relates to World of WarCraft. There is some really interesting information about being able to separate writing about each franchise.
A very interesting topic that's discussed is when Mr. Metzen brings up the fact that the Kerrigan betrayal storyline came very late in the development process of StarCraft:
Ultimately, it was pretty late in the game when we decided that she would be betrayed and become the Queen of Blades. The Queen of Blades was never an original concept; it really came about just at that, kind of in the final stretch of that campaign. Just another testament to the fact that what we publish and what people really cling to isn't necessarily always defined from the beginning. You would think, looking at StarCraft, that that was one of the core concepts but actually it was kind of tacked in later. I think that's where we're strong as story-tellers; when you pop ideas like that in the middle of your plan, we tend to be able to jump on those ideas and weave them into the core plot and really make them feel like they've been there from the beginning. That's kind of the trick to it: can we flex fast enough with emergent ideas and really make them feel contiguous?
You can listen to the podcast or read the transcript via the links below.
Links
BlizzCast Episode 2 - Source | Download | Transcript
